I'm new to the LP Franchise myself and I can say as of 8-27-09 you can still find the occasional match online. Not many, but enough. It will usually depend on time of day. And the Campaigns are identical, COLONIES adds bonus modes like score attack etc.

Get ready for LP2~!

__________________Welcome to the Azure Nightmare 30 [ARCADE / SCORE ATTACK] Defeated "Unlimited" Ragna, and obtained the power of darkness.